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Mary Gertrude Enig (born 1931) is a nutritionist, consultant and director of the Nutritional Sciences Division of her own firm, Enig Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Enig is a licensed practitioner in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She has served as a Contributing Editor of the scientific journal Clinical Nutrition and a Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition.

Enig has written peer-reviewed articles for scientific journals, mainly on fats and oils research and nutrient/drug interactions, and is a well-known invited lecturer at scientific meetings and a popular interviewee on TV and radio shows about nutrition.

Enig was an early and articulate critic of the use of trans fatty acids and advocated their inclusion in nutritional labelling . After many years the scientific mainstream is now challenging the food product industry's use of trans-fat-containing partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, and various jurisdictions around the world are now banning the use of trans fats and/or requiring its presence in food to be marked on labels.

Selected bibliography

• Dr Mary Enig, Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol, (Bethesda Press, May 2000). ISBN 0-96781-260-7, ISBN-13 978-0967812601.
• Sally Fallon, with Dr Mary Enig (contributing editor), Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats, (NewTrends Publishing, October 1999). ISBN 0-96708-973-5, ISBN-13: 978-0967089737.
• Dr Mary Enig, Trans fatty acids in the food supply: A comprehensive report covering 60 years of research, (Enig Associates, 1993). ISBN 0-96781-262-3.
• Dr Mary Enig and Sally Fallon Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats Plume ISBN 0-45228-566-6
• Dr Mary Enig Trans fatty acids in the food supply: A comprehensive report covering 60 years of research Enig Associates 1995
• Dr Enig has also written a chapter "Lauric Oils as Antimicrobial Agents: Theory of Effect, Scientific Rationale, and Dietary Application as Adjunct Nutritional Support for HIV-Infected Individuals" in Nutrients and Foods in AIDS (ed. Ronald R. Watson) CRC Press, London, ISBN 0-84938-561-X ISBN-13: 978-0849385612

External links

• Lowfat Diets By Mary G. Enig, PhD
• Flaxseed and Flaxseed Oils for Omega-3 Fatty Acids By Mary G. Enig, PhD

• 1931 births
• Living people
• Nutritionists